Projects
Kibeam Reading Project
The Rotary Club of Alpharetta completed a collaborative early-childhood literacy project designed to strengthen reading outcomes for children prior to third grade. The initiative provided children’s books for use with Kibeam Reading Wands and served as the proof of concept for a larger, scalable Global Grant pilot now advancing toward implementation.
Mayor's Corporate Challenge 5K
The 27th annual Mayor's Corporate Challenge 5K Fundraiser and Community Engagement Event is the only 5K road race allowed in downtown portion of Alpharetta. The race has grown since inception into a community engagement event with a number of local organizations, businesses, and corporations participating. We provide a family friendly evening of music, food, children's fun area along with a children's fun run and the 5K road race. The event is open to both corporate teams and individuals.More than 1,500 runners participated.
Polar Bear Plunge Fundraiser
The 6th annual Polar Bear Plunge raised over $ 200,000 across 40 Teams to help a myriad charities and organizations raise funds for their causes. This fundraising is unique due to the club providing the venue and fundraising platform and allowing any organization to mobilize and raise funds to help expand their reach, increase their impact, and change the trajectory of beneficiaries lives. The total raised is from our fundraising platform and does not include any direct contributions to the individual organizations. Organizations which participated and raised money via the 2026 PBP are:
Bread Run - North Fulton Community Charities
Bread Run - North Fulton Community Charities
This is a MAJOR on-going service project with huge impact to the community
Project Occurs 316 times per year -Six days a week, a member of Alpharetta Rotary picks up excess bakery products from local supermarkets and delivers it to NFCC (North Fulton Community Charities). When NFCC is closed the bread is delivered to Meals by Grace. This is an on-going major effort for the club and provides sustaining food sources to the local food bank. Rotarians of the Rotary Club of Alpharetta recognized that “food insecurity” was a significant problem in our community in 2001. Then, as now, many families have to make tough choice when it comes to deciding what to pay for within their limited means. Food is always one of the choices. We decided to partner with the Food Pantry at North Fulton Community Charities who annually distributes food over 20,000 times. We needed a food source and found it at Fresh Market and Kroger who was willing to make their day old breads and pastries available. Every day Monday through Friday a Rotarian makes the trip to Fresh Market and Kroger. The pick-up and delivery usually take one to two hours depending on where they begin their trip and the volume of goods.
Under The Stars - Concerts
Alpharetta Rotary Club developed, planned, and executed three concerts during this Rotary Year in Brooke St Park in Alpharetta, Ga. Overall we raised money for the American Legion and 10 other charities in the north Fulton area. These funds help to renovate the American Legion and assist these charities in accomplishing their missions. This has now grown into some of the seminal events in Alphretta, Ga and will continue in the future. We partner closely with the City of Alpharetta to put these concerts on.
On The Green - Concerts
The Alpharetta Rotary Concerts are held on the beautiful Town Green, which includes plenty of room for picnic blankets and lawn chairs, and is in walking distance to more than 30 chef-driven and locally-owned restaurants featuring everything from farm-to-table comfort food to tasty tacos. This event highlights what rotary does for the community providing a venue to advertise our club to participants via our Rotary Tent, banner, and rotarians have the opportunity to talk to the community before, during, and after the performances.
Serving Veteran's Dinner at local American Legion
The Alpharetta Rotary Club hosted local veterans at American Legion Post 201 and served dinner free of charge for any and all veterans who showed up that evening. These dinners and happy hours were conducted on Veteran's Day 2024 and during the American Legion general membership meeting on March 18, 2025. The purpose was to thank your veterans for their sacrifices and build camaraderie between the two organizations for potential future joint service opportunities. Approximately 75 people attended and were served. Rotarians brought or cooked food including our world class barbecue cooked by former president Mickey RogersVision Warriors Monthly Dinner
Once a month the club volunteers to prepare, ,cook, and serve dinner to the men and women in addiction recovery within Vision Warriors. Vision Warriors has declared a war on addiction and is a faith based, non-profit organization and community rooted in accountability and transparency. Rotarians provide support and "the best meal they eat each month" to help these individuals move on from their addiction and become stewards of their lives. This nonprofit is run by one of our Rotarians and as a result of these dinners a graduate of Vision Warriors has joined and is deeply active within our club. High School students from local High Schools have also joined our club on these evenings to help prepare and serve dinner.
Special Pops Tennis
This is a yearly project that we have renamed in honor of Jack Hausman a long service Alpharetta Rotarian who ran and promoted this yearly project in our club. Jack passed away in 2024. This event benefits members of the community with Down Syndrome and other cognitive disabilities. Alpharetta Rotarians come together to play tennis with these individuals and provide the venue.
Continuum of Care Helping Hands Drive
Continuum of Care Helping Hands Drive/Homestretch
Since 1903 HomeStretch has been guiding working families toward increased self-reliance and stability. They provide supportive housing and programs that equip working families to regain and sustain permanent housing.
Deliver fruit baskets to Dogwood Seniors
The Rotary Club of Alpharetta is a recognized leader in Alpharetta and the North Fulton County community for its support and involvement in a large number of community projects.
Drake House
Drake house provides housing for low income families in North Fulton.
Project: Saturday, August 24th, starting at 9:30 AM, removing kitchen cabinets, fixtures, and countertops in preparation for kitchen remodels. Dispose of them in a dumpster on site or load them in my trailer, and take to the dump. The Rotary Club of Alpharetta sponsors an apartment at Drake House and refurbishes the space between family occupancy and will continue to support Drake House with apartment renovations and monetary investments. In the words of Milton Little, CEO of Greater United Way of Atlanta, invest in what works and Drake House works!
Backpacks 4 kids North Fulton Community Charities
Backpacks 4 kids North Fulton Community Charities
School supplies for kids in need for the back to school program. Our club puts together backpacks that contain many needed school supplies to kids in need in our community for families that could not provide these critical supplies otherwise.
Dinner for Family Promise
Continuum of care service project in support of families in need. We cook and serve dinner to families in the Family Promise program. These are homeless families who are living in area churches to assist in moving them from transitional housing to permanent housing. Many of these families have young children and the ability to have a home-0cooked and nutritious meal provides stability in an otherwise chaotic time in their lives.
USO - Feed the Troops
The Alpharetta Rotary Club provides and serves food to military members at the Atlanta Airport USO each quarter. Typically 5-10 Rotarians pay for and pick up lunch at a local Alpharetta restaurant, transport, set up, feed the troops, and clean up. Additionally we provide welcoming service for service members returning home from deployments, recent boot camp graduates, and others traveling on military orders and personal travel.
Women of Rotary
Monthly social meet up for female Rotarians (and female spouses of Rotarians). Alpharetta Rotary club hosted the Women of Rotary on February 26, 2025 amongst a number of clubs in the North Fulton Area. This also provides an opportunity to raise funds for local 501C3 organizations. This evening we raised $200 for Drake House whose
Grilling and Gridiron
Alpharetta's biggest tailgate to raise funds for Lionheart, a school for children and adults with cognitive disabilities. The Rotary Club of Alpharetta sponsors a tent and provides food to the participants. In addition to helping raise funds for a worthy cause it provides an engagement opportunity with the citizens of Alpharetta to highlight the great work conducted by our members in the community.
Adopt a mile Trash Pickup
Adopt a Mile Trash Pickup
Project Occurs 4 times per year - Alpharetta Rotary executes this road cleanup project once per quarter. The project consists of cleaning up a section of Old Milton Parkway in Alpharetta. The project provides the opportunity for fellowship and cooperation between new and long-time members of Alpharetta Rotary. We use this as one of the activities that new members are encouraged to participate in to learn more about Alpharetta Rotary by connecting with existing members in a casual conversation while performing community service.
Toyland NFCC
An annual holiday initiative where Rotarians volunteer to help parents in need select toys for their children, ensuring every child in North Fulton has a gift for the holidays.
Addiction Prevention
The club partners with RAG AP in order to support local educational programs and partnerships focused on drug awareness and preventing substance abuse in the community.
Aurora Day Camp
The club supports this free summer camp for children with cancer and their siblings. Members participate as "Ice Cream Helpers," bringing treats to brighten the campers' day.
Brewable Cake Pop
Volunteers work at Brewable Café in Roswell to roll, dip, and package cake pops. The café provides employment and job training for adults with intellectual and developmental differences.
Cafe Rotary
Small venue dinner at multiple Rotarian's homes to foster including an engagement amongst club members who may not interact with each other. Due to the larger nature of our club small gatherings of Rotarians and their spouses provide a fantastic venue to build relationships.Champions' Place
A community designed for young adults with physical disabilities. Rotarians volunteer for "Dinner & Conversation" events to foster social engagement and inclusion for the residents.
CoatsGiving
CoatsGiving is back, and we need your help to make it bigger and better than ever! Each year, our community comes together to provide warm winter clothing and Thanksgiving meals to local families in need. In 2024, we served over 1,900 neighbors.
Golden Heart Gala
A local service and fellowship event (held in February) that supports the senior citizens of the community with an afternoon of fun and dancing.
Holiday Party
Annual Holiday Party and announcement of next President. Opportunity for fellowship amongst the club members and because we hold this at a location in downtown Alpharetta it provides opportunities to interact with non-rotarians to tell the story of our club and help recruit potential members.
Homestretch
The club provides financial support and volunteer labor for this transitional housing program, which helps working families in North Fulton regain housing self-sufficiency. Recent projects have included painting the interiors of homes for new residents.
Honduras Project
Service partnerships can create meaningful change that reaches far beyond local communities. A powerful example of this spirit of service took place during a recent humanitarian trip to the Agalta Valley in Honduras, where members of the Rotary Club of Alpharetta joined forces with the Rotary Club of Atlanta , the Rotary Club of Roswell, the Rotary Club of Johns Creek and the H.A.V.E. Foundation (Bob Hope) . Together, these clubs and foundation demonstrated the core values of Rotary International by working side by side to improve living conditions for families in need.
I Can Bike
Our club partners with a local down syndrome organization to help young people learn how to bike.
We understand that the vast majority of people with disabilities never have the experience of independently riding a conventional two-wheel bicycle during their lifetime. Research shows that over 80% of people with Autism and 90% of people with Down syndrome never experience this thrill. Defying these odds is why we exist!
Meals on Wheels
Volunteers deliver nutritious meals Monday through Friday to homebound older adults in North Fulton who struggle to prepare or afford food. The program also provides extra meals for weekends and shelf-stable meals for inclement weather, offering both physical nourishment and a friendly social connection.
Memorial Day Tribute
The City of Alpharetta and the Rotary Club of Alpharetta will host the 11th Annual Memorial Day Tribute on Monday, May 26, 2025. The event is a recognition of those who gave all to defend our country. The event includes speeches from local dignitaries and military members. Recognitions are made for all of the branches of military service.
Monthly Party Central Happy hour
Monthly Party Central Happy Hour engagement eventThis occurs 12 times per year - This is a monthly event that is sponsored by local businesses and held at a local restaurant. This event serves as a fellowship building opportunity as well as our official new member social event. All new members are encouraged to attend and learn more about rotary. Existing members have the opportunity to build rapport with other Rotarians outside our normal weekly meeting. Attendees are provided appetizers and have access to a cash bar. Because this is conducted at a public location it provides the opportunity to recruit potential rotarians and discuss with community members the values of rotary.
New Club Website
Phoenix Project
Rotary Serves
Rotary Serves is a hands-on initiative by the Rotary Club of Alpharetta that brings meals, support, and gratitude to first responders, military personnel, and community heroes.
Salvation Army Bell Ringing
Spreading holiday cheer during the holiday season and raising funds for the Salvation Army Red Bucket Campaign
Scarecrow Harvest
A creative community project where Rotary members build a themed scarecrow for the City of Alpharetta's annual fall display in downtown.
Service Hero Initiative
Executive Summary
District 6900 Service Hero Project Submission
Alpharetta Rotary Club – Honoring Service Through Time, Talent, and Treasure
Shark Pond
Inspired by "Shark Tank," this project involves Rotarians mentoring and reviewing business plans for entrepreneurs (often international, such as from Zambia). Members provide feedback and support to help these small businesses succeed. The entrepreneurs present their business plans to Rotarians and at the end of the event, the Club votes on which business they will offer a business loan to.
The Sandwich Project
Rotarians support this nonprofit by assembling and donating fresh, homemade sandwiches to address immediate food scarcity in Metro Atlanta.
Transition to the New Club Runner
World Polio Day Event Oyster Roast
The Alpharetta Rotary Club continued our traditional Oyster Roast Polio Awareness event for the 11th year. This is a major club fellowship/fundraising event and a favorite of our Rotarians. Prior to the event we adopted the Red Alpharetta Rotary apron to help raise awareness for the battle to end Polio around the globe. The apron continues to be available for sale, and the proceeds go to Polio. Members have worn the apron at all the Alpharetta Service Heros Rotary Feeds events at Fire Stations, Police Stations, ARNG Armories and VFW. Another opportunity to raise awareness of our fight against Polio. The Oyster Roast held on October 4